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Xu Caihou

1943 - 2015

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Xu Caihou (Chinese: 徐才厚; June 1943 – 15 March 2015) was a Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the country's top military council. As vice chairman of the CMC, he was one of the top ranking officers of the People's Liberation Army. He also held a seat on the 25-member Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party between 2007 and 2012. Born to a working-class family in Liaoning province, Xu spent much of his earlier career in northeastern China. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Xu Caihou is the 12,598th most popular politician (down from 11,520th in 2019), the 790th most popular biography from China (down from 766th in 2019) and the 408th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Xu Caihou ranks 12,598 out of 19,576. Before him are Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza, Ghezo, Ralf Törngren, Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, and Nanfadima Magassouba. After him are Laodice VI, Klaus Fleming, Maximilian von Montgelas, Abeid Karume, Wolfgang Larrazábal, and Strom Thurmond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Xu Caihou ranks 343. Before him are Valerie Perrine, Pablo Milanés, Antonio Juliano, Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, Eva Joly, and Vassilis Alexakis. After him are Marcos Valle, Lobo, Juan Mujica, József Csatári, Vaclav Smil, and Tim Schenken. Among people deceased in 2015, Xu Caihou ranks 220. Before him are Franjo Mihalić, Peter Dickinson, Qiao Shi, Ibrahim Biogradlić, Hot Rod Hundley, and Ninón Sevilla. After him are Walter Burkert, Charb, Moira Orfei, Michael Graves, Fred Thompson, and Jean-Claude Turcotte.

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In China

Among people born in China, Xu Caihou ranks 790 out of 1,610. Before him are Yan Lianke (1958), Yu Hua (1960), Qiao Shi (1924), Zhang Dejiang (1946), Zhou Fohai (1897), and Chen Hongshou (1598). After him are Liu Zhiyuan (895), Chen Jiongming (1878), Zhang Binglin (1868), Cao Yu (1910), Qian Qichen (1928), and Gordon Liu (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Xu Caihou ranks 408. Before him are Yikuang (1838), Yang Jiechi (1950), Li Zhanshu (1950), Qiao Shi (1924), Zhang Dejiang (1946), and Zhou Fohai (1897). After him are Liu Zhiyuan (895), Chen Jiongming (1878), Qian Qichen (1928), Zhang Tingyu (1672), Cai Qi (1955), and Yan Huiqing (1877).

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